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A09729	The nevve and admirable arte of setting of corne with all the necessarie tooles and other circumstances belonging to the same: the particular titles whereof, are set downe in the page following.	Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611?	1600 (1600)	STC 19993.5; ESTC S103552	18,282	34

ouercharged it loatheth and spueth out euen that which otherwise it most desireth as it doth manifestly appeare in the stomacke of man wherin by ouergorging it self a Nausea doth presently ensue This is yet made more manifest in the art of dying where if in your blewes and greenes you worke with Indico or in Stammels Crimsons Carnations or Scarlets you worke with Greine or Kutcheneele the cloth when it hath receiued his glut of colour though neuer so often dipped after wil nothing at al exalt it selfe in beautie or richnes of colour euen so it fareth with corne after it hath imbibed so much liquor as it can well beare and brooke without breaking of the hull the is it time to dreine away the water and yet wee see that Pease though they bee steeped till they sprowt a little that they will grow notwithstanding I leaue the aduenturing of wheate and barlie so farre vnto them that list by often and manifold triall to search for the period of this practise Lastly for the better finding out of a true proportion betweene the corne and your liquor first put your corne in the vessell and adde so much of your fat liquor vnto it as will couer the same And if the corne drinke it vp then adde more liquor thereunto and the onely feare in this worke is least if you ouercharge your corne with water that the water will rather draw the strength from the corne then the corne draw strength from the water And thus I haue discouered the true vse of all imbibitions which haue hitherto been confirmed by some and condemned by others each seuerall man reporting according to his owne experience But the errours may from henceforth be easily preuented by a carefull obseruation of these few rules alreadie deliuered in as plaine and simple a maner as respecting the generall good which was the primum mobile of this Discourse I could possibly deuise or publish Heere I thinke it not impertinent to our purpose to set downe seuerall means for the enriching of ground the trials whereof by way of imbibition I referre to each mans patticular experience Sea Kilpes and sea Tangle and other sea weeds are found by experience to enrich both arable and pasture grounds exceedingly Shreds of woollen cloth strewed vpon pasture ground will bring forth grasse abundantly The dregs of beere and ale applyed to the rootes of trees and other smaller plants will make them flourish and prosper mightilie Seeds steeped in brine proportioned according to Sea water which consisteth of one part salte and eyghteene or twentie parts water wil in diuers grounds procure a good encrease The Soote of Chimnies both ingendred by Sea-coale as also by wood and charcoale in a very small quantitie worketh great effects this way There is a salte which the Petermen vpon the refining of their Peter doe separate from the Peter this salte if I be not deceiued is the salte purchased from the ashes vpon which the Petermen powre their foggie liquors to cleere them one worke vnles it be a great one doth not yeelde much aboue a bushell thereof weekely this salte I take to be a trew vegetable salte and therefore exceeding profitable either to be strewed vpon grounds to be mixed amongst the seede corne or for imbibition Shauings of horne vpon mine owne experience I must of necessitie commend by the meanes whereof I obtained a most flourishing garden at Bishops hall in a most barren and vnfruitfull plot of ground which none of my Predecessors could euer grace or beautifie either with knots or flowres I haue had the like experience with singular good successe by strewing the waste sope ashes vpon a border of sommer Barlie whereof three eares would haue counterpeized any fiue that euer came to my sight you may see a plentifull discourse of these sope ashes in my booke of husbandrie Some commend greatly the watering of ground presently after it is sowne with an artificial Brine consisting of an eyghteenth or twentith part of salte this is performed by a hogshed or some other such like vessell drawne vpon a sled hauing one of the heads boared full of small hoales like a watring pot The residence or grounds of the Oad fat serue also to enrich ground with Malte dust may heere also challenge his place for foure or fiue quarters thereof are sufficient for an acre of ground The hulles which are diuided from the Oates in the making of Oatmeale either in their owne present nature or being burnt to ashes make an excellent substance for enriching of ground Fearne either rotted to dung by a mixture of earth amongst it or consumed with fire into ashes maketh a singular soile to lay vpon barren and hungrie grounds When the Iron stone or oare is burnt those fine ashes that are sifted from the same doe proue a most excellent substance for the enriching of wet meadowes or Marish groundes especiallie such as are rushie slaggie or sedgie and will bring the same to a fine sweete grasse you shall finde the ground euery yeare better than other with a manifest and apparant difference betweene that parcell of your ground which you haue enriched therewith and all the rest of the same field both by the glorious greene colour which it carrieth and also by the delight of the cattell continuallie feeding thereon and refusing the other till that be spent There is plentie of this matter to be had in Sussex Essex Wales and such other shires wherein there hath been any long continuance of yron workes and those hils which consist of this matter are worth the breaking vp though they be auncient and haue lien long vncouered but the best and hartiest is that which hath been kept alwaies couered and defended from the raine this kinde of soyle is also good for wheate ground and three loades thereof are a sufficient proportion for one acre and if you intend the same for grasse you must spread it vpon the ground about alhallountide The light of this secret I receiued from a Yorkeshire Gentleman a man both of great gifts and great possessions who assured me of three yeares triall made by himselfe with very good successe whose opinion is that three loads thereof will enrich one acre of ground for seuen yeeres at the least Sal Armoniake being a volatile salt first incorporated and rotted in common earth is thought to be a rich molde to plant or set in quaere of steeping graine in water hauing a trew proportion thereof first dissolued in it but he that can proue so fortunate as to finde out the trew Sal Armoniake of mettall shall be able with small quantitie to worke great wonders in this kinde Dogges and Cats and other beastes and generally all carrion buried vnder the rootes of Trees in a due time will make them flourish and bring forth fruite in great abundance Here I cannot omit a strange secret deliuered by a Gentleman of good worth vnto mee euen before this worke was fullie perfected which I

haue reserued for the conclusion of this title Hee assured mee of a gentleman at this present dwelling in Cornewall who being very industrious and searching into the workes of Nature would needes attempte the sowing of Wheate in his arable groundes being of such kinde nature and qualitie as was meerely repugnant and vnfit for that graine as the experience sell drawne vpon a sled hauing one of the heads boared full of small hoales like a watring pot The residence or grounds of the Oad fat serue also to enrich ground with Malte dust may heere also challenge his place for foure or fiue quarters thereof are sufficient for an acre of ground The hulles which are diuided from the Oates in the making of Oatmeale either in their owne present nature or being burnt to ashes make an excellent substance for enriching of ground Fearne either rotted to dung by a mixture of earth amongst it or consumed with fire into ashes maketh a singular soile to lay vpon barren and hungrie grounds When the Iron stone or oare is burnt those fine ashes that are sifted from the same doe proue a most excellent substance for the enriching of wet meadowes or Marish groundes especiallie such as are rushie slaggie or sedgie and will bring the same to a fine sweete grasse you shall finde the ground euery yeare better than other with a manifest and apparant difference betweene that parcell of your ground which you haue enriched therewith and all the rest of the same field both by the glorious greene colour which it carrieth and also by the delight of the cattell continuallie feeding thereon and refusing the other till that be spent There is plentie of this matter to be had in Sussex Essex Wales and such other shires wherein there hath been any long continuance of yron workes and those hils which consist of this matter are worth the breaking vp though they be auncient and haue lien long vncouered but the best and hartiest is that which hath been kept alwaies couered and defended from the raine this kinde of soyle is also good for wheate ground and three loades thereof are a sufficient proportion for one acre and if you intend the same for grasse you must spread it vpon the ground about alhallountide The light of this secret I receiued from a Yorkeshire Gentleman a man both of great gifts and great possessions who assured me of three yeares triall made by himselfe with very good successe whose opinion is that three loads thereof will enrich one acre of ground for seuen yeeres at the least Sal Armoniake being a volatile salt first incorporated and rotted in common earth is thought to be a rich molde to plant or set in quaere of steeping graine in water hauing a trew proportion thereof first dissolued in it but he that can proue so fortunate as to finde out the trew Sal Armoniake of mettall shall be able with small quantitie to worke great wonders in this kinde Dogges and Cats and other beastes and generally all carrion buried vnder the rootes of Trees in a due time will make them flourish and bring forth fruite in great abundance Here I cannot omit a strange secret deliuered by a Gentleman of good worth vnto mee euen before this worke was fullie perfected which I haue reserued for the conclusion of this title Hee assured mee of a gentleman at this present dwelling in Cornewall who being very industrious and searching into the workes of Nature would needes attempte the sowing of Wheate in his arable groundes being of such kinde nature and qualitie as was meerely repugnant and vnfit for that graine as the experience of the greatest part of the Countrie round about him did manifestly declare And this he performed onely by infusing his seede corne foure and twentie houres in a strong liquor that had descended from his muck-heape into a receptacle of bricke but he neuer infused his corne as I am informed till the liquor had been of two yeares date and he alwaies dried his corne before he sowed it quaere if in lesse time and without drying the same effects will not follow CHAP. 7. How to make choice of your seed corne SVch corne as is rubbed betweene ones hands out of the middle of the eare the vpper and neather part therof being first diuided I hold with Bap. Porta to be the most fruitfull seed of all the rest and that the hand though it bee a more labour-some worke doth performe this better than the flaile which maketh no diuision of the graine and yet bruiseth a great part thereof by the violence of the stroke But if your threshed wheat content you then is it best either to picke each corne by it selfe and so to diuide the good from the bad which is a fit worke for children and may the rather be endured for that so small a proportion of seed will serue to set an acre viz. 12. pintes thereof if each graine be at siue inches distance as some haue obserued or els to powre your corne into a tubbe of water stirring it vp and downe whereby the best and heauiest cornes will sinke to the bottome and the lightest graine will fleete and flote in the toppe which may easily be seuered I know no other meanes seruing for the choice of your seed corne sauing those which are so vsuall and common as that they deserue no place amongst new inuentions and therefore I do here aduisedly omit to touch or name them CHAP. 8. The difference of yeeld betweene the plough and the spade with some new addition to the plough HE that reapeth foure quarters of wheate out of one acre by his plough doth hold himselfe well contented as with a rich croppe which is eight at the least for one I know the greatest number do scarcely attaine seuen for one and many but six for one but if he haue ten or twelue for one then hee acknowledgeth himselfe to haue receiued an extraordinary fauour and blessing from the heauens yet because both happily and by credible report it is come to my hands I will heere set downe one rare experiment perfourmed this last yeare with the plough wherein no doubt the Actor did striue euen in the strength of his wit and spirit to make the best imitation which he could of the spade The ground hauing a naturall declining or descent by his owne scituation was first crosse ploughed with a very deepe cutting plough and then ploughed ouer the third time with a shallow plough that made very close narrow furrowes then was the seede sowne by a skilfull sower and then harrowed ouer and by this newe practise the owner obtained 15. quarters I dare not say 20. vpon each acre which hee sowed I doe not cite this strange admirable experiment either to ouerthrow the whole frame of my former worke by vndermining the foundation thereof or to hinder the labours of so many thousands of poore and distressed people which by digging and setting are like to be